a simple command that splits up a string into numbers and letters

[shawn bright]

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Hey all,

i am looking for an easy way to split a string into letters and numbers.
so if i had a string '34JKBY103' i could get ['34', 'JKBY', '103']

I could write up something, but thought that if there was already something
out there that i hav'nt found, it would probably be cleaner.
thanks

sk

 

[Rob Biedenharn]

Hey all,

i am looking for an easy way to split a string into letters and
numbers.
so if i had a string '34JKBY103' i could get ['34', 'JKBY', '103']

I could write up something, but thought that if there was already
something
out there that i hav'nt found, it would probably be cleaner.
thanks

sk

irb> '34JKBY103'.scan(/\d+|\D+/)
=> ["34", "JKBY", "103"]

that looks like an easy way ;-)

-Rob

Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Tim Greer]

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Hey all,

i am looking for an easy way to split a string into letters and
numbers. so if i had a string '34JKBY103' i could get ['34', 'JKBY',
'103']

I could write up something, but thought that if there was already
something out there that i hav'nt found, it would probably be cleaner.
thanks

sk

I don't know if there's anything out there now (there might be), but it
seems pretty simple. Just split on either \d+ or \D+, depending
(unless I'm missing something in your requirement)?

 

[shawn bright]

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sorry, how do i split on a \d+ ?
sk

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Hey all,

i am looking for an easy way to split a string into letters and
numbers. so if i had a string '34JKBY103' i could get ['34', 'JKBY',
'103']

I could write up something, but thought that if there was already
something out there that i hav'nt found, it would probably be cleaner.
thanks

sk

I don't know if there's anything out there now (there might be), but it
seems pretty simple. Just split on either \d+ or \D+, depending
(unless I'm missing something in your requirement)?
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[Tim Greer]

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sorry, how do i split on a \d+ ?
sk

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[post.]

Hey all,

i am looking for an easy way to split a string into letters and
numbers. so if i had a string '34JKBY103' i could get ['34',
'JKBY', '103']

I could write up something, but thought that if there was already
something out there that i hav'nt found, it would probably be
cleaner. thanks

sk

I don't know if there's anything out there now (there might be), but
it
seems pretty simple. Just split on either \d+ or \D+, depending
(unless I'm missing something in your requirement)?

<please don't quote signatures>

Someone posted this already, but:

irb(main):010:0> s = "34JKBY103"
=> "34JKBY103"
irb(main):011:0> s.scan(/\d+|\D+/)
=> ["34", "JKBY", "103"]
irb(main):012:0>

 

[Tim Greer]

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sorry, how do i split on a \d+ ?
sk

shawn bright wrote:

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[post.]

Hey all,

i am looking for an easy way to split a string into letters and
numbers. so if i had a string '34JKBY103' i could get ['34',
'JKBY', '103']

I could write up something, but thought that if there was already
something out there that i hav'nt found, it would probably be
cleaner. thanks

sk

I don't know if there's anything out there now (there might be), but
it
seems pretty simple. Just split on either \d+ or \D+, depending
(unless I'm missing something in your requirement)?

<please don't quote signatures>

Someone posted this already, but:

irb(main):010:0> s = "34JKBY103"
=> "34JKBY103"
irb(main):011:0> s.scan(/\d+|\D+/)
=> ["34", "JKBY", "103"]
irb(main):012:0>

Also, remember, there are several ways to do this. You can use an
actual split() function with a regular expression.

See: http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/String.html

 

[shawn bright]

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way cool, thanks, all
-sk